Lucid Waking

Archive for July 24th, 2006

The Habitation Project

            She closed the door to the sound proof room and flipped on the tape recorder. There was a couple of tests where the voices were indecipherable and she sat down and flipped to a clean page in her notebook.
            “This is test number 124, subject, male, is Jeff McCarthy, id 4-6-3-8-2 on June 13, 2332 at 8:46:32 in the morning in test room 17. The subject has taken no drugs or food in the last twenty-four hours and has thirteen 8-ounce glasses of water to drink. He is here of his free will and is sitting unaccompanied in the chair across from the mediator on the left. Shall we begin?” a page flapped loudly in the microphone.
            There was silence before the mediator spoke again. “Remember, as this is recorded you will have to speak all of your answers.”
            “Yes,” the man said. He had a clear voice and she guessed that he was either in his teens or early twenties. Oh, shoot she thought, running her finger down the page thoughtfully Tammy didn’t mention his age.
            “What do you know of the Habitation Project?”
            “Well, hmmm,” his voice trailed off into a short period of silence, “I know that they’ve started researching people from different planets and solar systems to figure out psychological differences and similarities between species. At least, that’s what they say. It seems to be a research project to get to know aliens and figure out through matching which environment would be best for humans and moving alien populations around to different planets where each one has the best chance for survival. The only problem is that Earth is the only place that’s been messed up enough to make a difference like that. If an alien species lives on Venus, let’s say, just because they could now live on Earth, doesn’t mean we could live on Venus. If we could live on Mars, does that mean Martians can live on Earth like this? Right now, it is just in its preliminary stages and all that’s been happening is interviews and charting the information they get. It’s not a threat, yet.”
            “Yet?”
            “I don’t think that’s part of the procedure,” he said a little too slyly with a hint of boisterous pleasure.
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